I just finish to read the letter to the editor "Is ChatGPT a valid author?" at Nurse Education in Practice doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103600 and I cannot believe that so far there are 2 manuscripts using the tool and cite the tool as a co-author. I have try the app to see how that works using very technical questions and some not that much. I am amaze with the technology of the app, how accurate it is for the not too technical, and how "honest" is with the things that are too technical and there is not enough data. The largest problem that I saw is the lack or reference on the statements, it might say in journal X or Y and the year, but never the author (In the examples that I checked, I couldn't find none of the 3 papers that it references in the text). As every tool it opens a lot of opportunities, the good ones and the other. The discussion is should we incorporate it in class as a tool? Will this increase plagiarism or will help to polish the writing? How much should we disclaim the use of it? if we do should we disclose the use of other tools such as Grammarly? What do you think?
Hello Dr Alejandro E. Relling
What did you find surprising?
I would find it surprising that only two articles have used it; I actually suspect a lot more have but it has just not been acknowledged. Having said that, I would not put it as an author. In fact, I am uncertain I even would utilise it during writing for journal articles.
Probably so, I am surprised that a tool was placed as an author. No sure how many will use it to write part of papers, thesis, and more
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Alejandro E. Relling Please find the published research paper on ChatGPT and Learning Motivation Article Impact of ChatGPT on Learning Motivation: Teachers and Stude...
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Something that did not come out in the discussion yet is that IA can have access t only open access data; however, a lot of research discoveries are in journal with no open access therefore the databased use to generate the outcome, might be incomplete.
Dear Alejandro E. Relling , you are right. The database is questionable in terms of copyrights also!
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